According to Bradley's column, Bruce Arena's title is U.S. National Team manager, not coach. Let's talk semantics, baby! Oh yeah... it's on!
For a long time, the national team had a General Manager and a coach, didn't it? What was Nuttall and Perkins' position called? Wasn't Kevin Payne the manager for a while too? Are we introducing a Brit concept to the US soccer world and/or a Brit term to the US sports media? Is Bruce pulling resume stunts to look better for EPL clubs? Is a rose a rose? Brang it!!
Isn't Jeff Bradley the one who wines about us saying "pitch" instead of "field" and other phrases like that? Isn't it hypocritical to call a coach a manager then, by his standards?
I don't think he has a problem with a coach being called manager, but with the term "gaffer" (same thing probably for skipper and the captain).
Are you missing something, or am I? I think Bradley was making reference to a change in Bruce's job title.
As I see it, at the National Team level, the job really is more managing than coaching. At the club level, since you have the same guys under your supervision more than a week here or there, you do more coaching. Interesting take on the "look better for EPL" comment. I hadn't thought of that, but wouldn't discount it as part of the thinking behind the title.